Legal Admin

SUMMARY:
Signa Opportunity is recruiting unemployed youth for quality workplace experience through the Youth Employment Service (YES) initiative.

About the YES Initiative
The initiative was launched by the President in 2018 and is a partnership with the government and labour department to collectively devise a national plan to build economic pathways for South Africa’s youth by creating workplace opportunities for South African youth over a period of 12 months.

Position: Legal Administrator

Stipend: R5000,00

Location: Midrand

POSITION INFO:
Summary of Job:

• An Intern works closely with her/his Principal to provide professional and administrative support. An Intern must undertakes that he/she shall:
• Diligently, honestly, properly and confidentially serve his/her Principal in his/her profession as an intern;
• Promptly execute all lawful instructions given to him/her by his/her Principal, any of his/her partners or any other person placed in authority over him/her by his/her Principal;
• Ensure that he/she does not absent himself/herself from his/her employment by his/her Principal without his/her Principal's prior consent;
• conform with the reasonable requirements of his/her Principal about dress, behavior, and propriety, and so all things in his/her power to ensure that he/she obtains during his/her articles of clerkship, such qualifications as shall entitle him/ her to admission as an Attorney;
• keep a diary or other written record of the training which he/she received until he/she is promoted to a junior consultant and hold such diary or other record available for inspection by his/her Principal and other relevant persons;
• not engage in any business other than that of an Intern without the written consent of his/her principal
• at no time divulge any secrets of his/her Principal or his/her clients, nor discuss their affairs with any third party without their specific knowledge and consent, and he/she will not damage, do away with, or deface any records, books documents or assets of his/her Principal or his/her clients.

• An Intern has to attend to certain administrative and research tasks under the supervision of the Principal.
• An Intern will attend to the drafting of agreements and similar documents on the instructions of his/her Principal;
• Attend to the filing of the relevant documents;
• An Intern must be aware of the daily running of the business and the process of various offerings of the Consultancy;
• Taking telephone calls from clients daily;
• Keeping a diary for all and any appointments schedules and deadlines required to be met;
• attending to all incoming emails, and hand-delivered correspondence and hand-delivered items;
• Attend to drafting correspondence on behalf of the Principal;
• Attending meetings and workshops;
• Attending to research and providing opinions on the position of the law;
• Communicating with clients as and when required;
• Attending consultations with the Principal;
• Attending to delivery and collection of business-related items from clients etc.

• Willing and able to deal with new challenges over and above what is required to be completed daily;
• Eloquent and articulate in written and spoken words;
• Taker of initiative;
• Performs in a team and works well alone;
• Works well under pressure;
• Good knowledge of Microsoft software packages;
• Pro-active and attends to tasks at hand;
• Friendly, approachable and communicates professionally;
• Understands the significance of privileged information and keeping information confidential;
• Has good research skills and abilities;
• Take on administrative tasks with ease;
• Can work well under pressure;
• Attends to improving daily knowledge of different tasks given daily;
• Attends to improve skills and ability by attending academic courses.

• Grade 12
• Post matric qualification (LLB Degree or Honours)
• Proficiency in MS Office (MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, etc.)
• Excellent time management
• Good administrative skills with special attention to detail
• South African Citizen aged between 18 and 34
• Currently Unemployed
• Must not have taken part on the YES Programme before